Used by over 450 million users across the globe, the whopping 16 billion dollar valuation has left many people in shock, but it fits Facebook’s roadmap to “make the world more open and connected”. Interestingly this is about twice the price Microsoft paid for Skype three years ago. And this is by far the biggest investment Facebook has made till date. What does this deal mean? So what happens now?...
Set Parental Controls If you have children, you definitely know how important it is to be able to protect them. With so many movies to choose from, it’s easy for a kid to end up watching something he/she shouldn’t – a video that’s going to distort his/her view of the world, something frightening, or something not suitable for those until 18 years old. Thanks to the built-in parental controls that come with the Fire TV’s settings, you can choose what your child can watch....
16 Impressive Spy Gadgets But what gadgets will you need? There are lots of such devices on the web, anything you ever dreamed about and stuff that even 007 himself would have killed for. We’ll take a look at the most important gadgets for a spy and let you know what the must-haves are. I tried to summarize the secret spy gadgets in 6 categories, all of them playing a crucial in a spy’s “life”....
One such is related to URLs (Uniform Resource Locator), which allows you to perform a bunch of useful operations by tinkering with the video’s URL. So in this article, we bring to you some of the best YouTube URL tricks to help you get the most of your experience on YouTube. The Best YouTube URL Tricks 1. Loop a video If you use YouTube to listen to music, this trick can come in handy and save you time every time you wish to listen to a song on repeat....
Sticking to routine, adding some width Brands may be giving specs, numbers and features a lot of attention but when it comes to design, it seems like most smartphone manufacturers are following the same basic template – “How to create a smartphone that looks like it belongs to the year 2019.” Vivo has not strayed too far from that zone, which is why the Z1 Pro looks pretty much like any other smartphone in the price segment launched this year....
Unlike Ather S340 which was an electric scooter, the Volta ZAP looks just like a conventional cycle with a battery back built onto it. It, however, comes with a rugged look, therefore, standing by the company’s claim of a crossover electric bike. Volta ZAP’s battery pack is capable of delivering a range of 60km without even pedaling thereby resulting in an approximate running cost of about 7 paisa/km. The startup apparently claims that the maintenance of their bike is even lower than the conventional bikes out there....
Gmail Shelfie Taking selfies has become a social phenomenon and recently even Apple has added a new category to iTunes with special apps for taking selfies. So, perhaps this one was a little bit hard to catch. On its 10 years anniversary, Google announced Gmail Shelfie, a tool that allows you to easily take a photo of yourself and set it as your Gmail theme. Google Magic Hand Google Japan has introduced the Magic Hand, a new input method for smartphones which lets operate your own mobile device with a magic hand....
What is a VPN and how does it work? A VPN or Virtual Private Network is a service that allows you to access the Internet securely and anonymously as if you were connected to a private network. It was primarily developed for corporate use where companies required getting their sensitive data in-and-out of their servers on a public network using remote-access. However, as more people are starting to take Internet privacy and security seriously, the use of VPN is increasing noticeably....
If you are in US, India, UK and other countries, when you buy an iPhone, Apple ties up the iPhone 4 device you are buying to a local telecom provider like AT&T, Vodafone, O2 or Airtel. The service providers in turn subsidize the price of iPhone 4 by more than half of its actual price. But in turn forcing you to sign a contract (usually 2 years) to use their voice and data plans....
However, still, the mobile payment market isn’t fully embraced by the people. While few are afraid to adapt the system, remaining are either not satisfied with the interface or are not completely aware of the application usage. Proliferation of mobile app payments in preceding year We saw that in 2016 Walmart, CVS, and Kohl’s launched payment feature in their mobile applications. These are just a few to count. There are numerous others who have joined the league....
As per reports from Bloomberg, Xiaomi is likely to choose Hong-Kong as its destination for the IPO. Previously Xiaomi had raised money at $46 Billion valuations in 2014. That being said the $50 billion mark is still half of what some of the executives were hoping for. Xiaomi has returned to its aggressive self this year and has had some hits in the Indian market. The company that once swore by Online retail channels is now ready to explore offline retail channels in India....
Xiaomi Mi 10 Design and Display In terms of design, the Mi 10 comes with an all-glass design with a curved back panel. The rear has a quad-camera setup, arranged in vertical alignment on the left-hand side, with an LED flash. Towards the front, the phone features a 6.67-inch OLED curved display with a punch-hole cutout on the top-left side to house the front-facing camera. The display offers a 90Hz refresh rate with a 180Hz touch response rate....
That’s because just a day before the Mi A3 was launched, Realme announced the Realme 5, which is right in the Mi A3 alley. There is a price gap between the two, but there are enough similarities for them to be squaring off against each other in the smartphone arena. Which of the two is the superior? (Note: this comparison is between the 6 GB/ 128 GB RAM variant of the Mi A3 and the 4 GB/ 128 GB variant of the Realme 5, the highest variants of both devices)....
Over the past two weeks, the new Mi earphones have stayed inside my ungodly ears (without falling out) nearly every minute of the day whether I’m jogging at 7 in the morning or writing articles or eating lunch or sitting idly in a cab for hours because #BangaloreTrafficSucks. I’m wearing them right now. And it’s not like I don’t have choices. I have a myriad of earphones and headphones in my backpack, most of which are more expensive and capable (on paper) than the Mi earphones....
As already mentioned, the Mi Router 4C includes four high-performance omnidirectional antennas that claim to offer a better range and boost stronger signal strength, while also offering low-latency for better online gaming and content streaming. The router comes with support for the 2.4GHz band and offers up to 300Mbps of speed. Sadly, it lacks the 5GHz band. The router comes with 64MB of DDR2 RAM, which Xiaomi suggests can connect up to 64 devices at a time....
The Xiaomi Mi Router 4Q comes with a markedly funkier look that its higher-priced predecessor. Gone are the plain jane black and white matte finished polycarbonate exterior. Instead, the all-new Mi Router 4Q comes in a blue hue. Externally, the Wi-Fi router features three dual-band antennas which in turn come with support for MIMO technology. Moreover, the antennas come with a maximum bandwidth of 450Mbps. The all-new router comes with a MiNET button that helps users to quickly connect to a Wi-Fi network....
Xiaomi Mi5c had apparently made its way to GeekBench a few weeks back as a device codenamed as Meri. The listing reveals that the upcoming smartphone from Xiaomi will come with an unknown 2.2GHz octa-core processor which we believe is the Helio P15. This, in fact, is the same processor as found in the recently launched Moto M from Lenovo. Apart from that, the Xiaomi Mi5c is said to come with MIUI 8, 3GB RAM, 64GB ROM and Android Marshmallow 6....
This is the season when Xiaomi’s latter strategy is in its full swing. The company which recently slashed the retail price of its flagship Xiaomi Mi 4 smartphone, is all set to slash the price of its mid-range sleeper hit Redmi 2. In a tweet, the company teases its plan to reduce the price of the Redmi 2 by Rs 1,000. The price cut will adjust the retail price of the phone to Rs 5,999, which makes the dirt-cheap rocker even more enticing....
That does not seem to have disheartened Meizu CEO Jack Wong, however. He has claimed that the crowdfunding was only for research purposes and not for mass production. He has also evidently referred to the Indiegogo campaign as a “marketing stunt” on Weibo. All of which would come as a surprise to many who had hailed the device as a glimpse of the future. The Meizu Zero indeed had brought a lot of crazy high-tech to the table, claiming to use a ceramic unibody that was IP68 dustproof and waterproof and had no openings whatsoever – the sound came from the display, the fingerprint scanner was under the display, there were pressure sensitive buttons on the side for volume and other functions, eSIM card support, and wireless charging....
Well, believe it or not, there is an app for that. It is called, rather appropriately and a little deceptively, DogCam – Dog Selfie Camera. Appropriate because well, it is designed to take pictures of dogs. Deceptively, because it is not really a selfie camera app. No, the app can use both the rear and front cameras of your iPhone (it is only available on iOS right now), but believe us, it works best with the rear cameras, because if you are using the selfie camera, it is a fair chance, you have your mutt under control and pretty much at an arm’s distance....
